Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives

Detailed Occupation

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2022 Workforce
244k
Average Age
44
Average Salary
$113,874
Average Male Salary
$132,188
Average Female Salary
$111,556

About

Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives are most often employed by the General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals industry. The average yearly wage for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives was $113,874 in 2022.

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives workforce. Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives workforce in 2022 was 243,706 people, of which 88.8% were women and 11.2% were men. Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives are paid most in Subsistence Alaska PUMA, AK but are relatively concentrated in Coastal Regional Commission (East)--Chatham County (East & Outside Savannah City) PUMA, GA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
27,384
Male Workforce
± 4.06k
216,322
Female Workforce
± 11.4k

The Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives workforce in 2022 was 243,706 people (88.8% women and 11.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 132% between 2014 (104,960) and 2022 (243,706).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.

During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were California ($138,133), Delaware ($135,384), and Mississippi ($127,328).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$113,874
AVERAGE WAGE
#41 in the ranking (2022)
$64,683
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives earned an average of $113,874, $49,191 more than the average national salary of $64,683

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.23
WAGE GINI

In 2022, Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.23, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives and on wages for those in the field. General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals is the industry that employs the most Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, by average wage, is Employment services ($140,961).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
244k
2022 Workforce
± 12,110
7.73%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 6.65%

This graphic shows the share of Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives employed by various industries. General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals employs the largest share of Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives at 48%, followed by Offices of physicians with 28.2% and Outpatient care centers with 23.8%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives in the US. The workforce of Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives in 2022 was 243,706 people, with 88.8% woman, and 11.2% men. The average age of male Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives in the workforce is 44.5 and of female Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives is 43.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives in 2022 was 243,706 people, with 88.8% woman, and 11.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (44,687 people), 35 to 39 years (43,649  people), and 40 to 44 years (38,975 people). Among them they concentrated 52.3% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2022, 6.79% of Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives workers were Hispanic and 93.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (64.8%), Cuban (19.6)%, and Puerto Rican (15.6)%

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Races

In 2022, 77.5% of the Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives workforce were White, of which 89.9% were women and 10.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (8.21%) and Asian (6.86%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives is Health but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2022 were Health.

Among the necessary skills for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives need more than the average amount of Science.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Health (170,874 people), Biology (16,279 people), and Psychology (8,306 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives workers were Graduate Degree (218,671 people), Bachelors Degree (19,154 people), and High School or Equivalent (2,521 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness.

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